We received a hand-me-down lion costume from our friend, Denise.  So - Malachi was a lion.  And it was hilariously cute.  He had a little trouble walking in the costume with his giant paws and even face-planted on the Pecks’ driveway.  But, all in all, we had a great time hanging out with friends (including cute Halle, the pink octopus) and then passing out candy to passing trick-or-treaters.

Malachi has officially had his first birthday cake.  And yes - it was definitely a success.

Ellie and Rilyn weren’t sure he was going to be able to handle eating the cake all by himself . . . so they helped out.

After a quick post-cake bath, Malachi returned to open some presents (appearing to be a little distracted by the dinosaur staring at him.)

He even stopped to read the cards.

So, thank you to family, neighborhood buddies and Get Trained for helping us to celebrate Malachi’s first birthday (even those of you who didn’t appear too excited to be there . . .)

Malachi officially turned one year yesterday, October 15th.  Wow.  It’s hard to believe it’s already been a year. Halim’s dad and Yuna came in town to help us celebrate, so we dressed Malachi up in the traditional han bok that Korean children wear on their 1st birthday and took him out to a Korean restaurant for lunch.

Malachi was initially not a big fan of the han bok as Halim’s dad struggled to get it on him. 

He also was not pleased whenever we sat him on some cushions in an effort to photograph his cute outfit.

But, then we gave him some cheese and he cooperated with some big smiles.

We ended the day by taking the kiddo to Chick-Fil-A for some birthday nuggets.  Do you think this kid likes chicken nuggets?

All in all - great day.  We are excited that our little boy is one year and that we have made it through our first year of parenting.  I’m guessing it will all change when baby #2 gets here . . .

Why do we ever stop wearing these?  They’re awesome!

It makes me sad because Malachi looks like a little boy, rather than a baby, in that last picture. (Of course, he would definitely look like a little boy if I didn’t put him in footie pajamas . . .)